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Originally Posted by SebC
I'm not against him because I think he's a flight risk, I'm against him because he doesn't put up enough points (in the KHL, and in WJC). Don't care how big, fast and slick he is if he doesn't score.
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He was a 16 year old playing against men, do you think Monahan puts up the same numbers he did in the OHL if he played against competition better than the AHL? Absolutely not.
Kuznetsov had 8 in 35, Taraksenko 24 in 42, Malkin 12 in 34, and Ovechkin 24 in 53 in their draft years. Nichuskin's 6 in 18 is not half bad for someone who was 17 whilst he played against men, and averaged 8:20 of ice time a game. Oh and he played half the season against many NHL cast offs, which none of the aforementioned did.